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Permanent Residence - Former Myanmar Citizen

MyanmarAncestry and return

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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What family, citizenship, ethnic, historical or former-resident connection creates access to this route?

An ex-Myanmar citizen who does not intend to apply as an expert or as a person who invests and operates business may apply for permanent residence. An ex-Myanmar citizen is a person who was a citizen under the Myanmar Citizenship Law, or who has held an associate citizen scrutiny card, naturalized citizen scrutiny card or national registration card, and who has adopted the citizenship of a foreign country.

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  • Recorded source · www.mewashingtondc.org
    5. The ex-Myanmar citizen who is not intended to perform as an expert or a person who desires to invest and operate business is entitled to apply the permanent residence if it is in conformity with the following particulars:
  • Recorded source · www.mewashingtondc.org
    (h) Ex-Myanmar Citizen means a citizen who is prescribed by the Myanmar Citizenship Law or a person who has held associate citizen scrutiny card or naturalized citizen scrutiny card or national registration card and a person who adopts a citizenship of any foreign countries;

How far back can the qualifying connection extend, and what important transmission limitations exist?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm how far back the qualifying connection can extend and its transmission limits.

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  • This detail is not established in the evidence recorded here. Confirm the applicable requirement with the responsible authority.

What records are central to proving the lineage or historical connection?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the records needed to prove the lineage or historical connection.

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Limits of the record
  • This detail is not established in the evidence recorded here. Confirm the applicable requirement with the responsible authority.

Does the pathway result in a visa, residence permit, right of return, citizenship or another status?

Recorded expiry date

. Confirmation is required after this date. Check the linked sources before relying on this recorded answer.

The outcome is a Permanent Residence Certificate.

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What application progression, residence obligations, family consequences or further citizenship/residence possibilities follow?

After the initial five-year term expires, the holder may reapply for renewal five years at a time. An ex-Myanmar citizen has the right to apply to determine Myanmar citizenship, with admission to relinquish the other citizenship, if regranted citizenship after residing five years in Myanmar with the Permanent Residence Certificate, and may apply to continue the certificate's benefits if not determined as a citizen.

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Limits of the record
  • The wording of the citizenship clause ('regranted the citizenship after residing five years') is ambiguous as to the exact sequence.
  • Recorded source · www.mewashingtondc.org
    (b) If the initial stay for five years of the term of the permanent residence has been expired, he/she may reapply the renewal of five years at a time;
  • Recorded source · www.mewashingtondc.org
    (e) has the right to apply to determine as Myanmar citizenship together with admission to be relinquished the citizenship of other country if he/she is ex-Myanmar citizen and regranted the citizenship after residing five years in Myanmar with the Permanent Residence Certificate and may apply to permit to continue to enjoy the benefits of the Permanent Residence Certificate if he/she is not determined as Myanmar citizenship;

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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